We offer same day, or next working day appointments with a physiotherapy service. For more information, please speak to reception.
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with a new MSK condition or an acute flare up on n exciting condition in the last 3 months.
Patients aged 16 years and over.
New soft tissue / muscle / tendon / ligament / strains / sprains.
New joint pain or injury.
New spinal pain.
Acute flare up of chronic problems including osteoarthritis.
Minor trauma e.g., sports injury
To arrange your first appointment with the midwife, please contact your local midwifery team directly on 01325 342100.
If you feel you or the patient may need a home visit, please contact the surgery. Please note that all home visit requests will be triaged by a clinician.
If a vaccine is given when a baby still has antibodies to the disease, the antibodies can stop the vaccine working. This is why routine childhood immunisations do not start until a baby is two months old, before the antibodies a baby gets from its mother have stopped working. This is also why it is important for parents to stick to the immunisation schedule, as a delay can leave a baby unprotected. A delay can increase the chance of adverse reactions to some vaccines, such as pertussis (whooping cough).
Vaccination Schedule
8 Weeks (1st)
12 Weeks (2nd)
16 Weeks (3rd)
13 Months
3½ Years
12-18 Years
Further reading
There are some excellent websites that will answer all your questions and queries about immunisation and vaccination. If you are worried about giving the MMR vaccine, you should access the MMR site.
www.immunisation.nhs.uk The most comprehensive, up-to-date and accurate source of information on vaccines, disease and immunisation in the UK.
www.immunisation.nhs.uk/Vaccines/MMR This website has been put together to answer any questions you might have about MMR. You can look for information and resources in the MMR library, ask an expert panel a question, and read up on the latest news stories relating to MMR.
In addition to providing general medical services the practice also undertakes continuing education and training of health care professionals working. We teach 3rd and 5th year medical students from Newcastle University Medical School, and student nurses from Teesside University.
With You launched an Over 50s Alcohol Helpline which provides advice and support to individuals aged over 50, concerned others, and professionals, who are worried about their own or someone else’s drinking.
The Over 50s Alcohol Helpline now offers an enhanced service for individuals who are considering making changes to their alcohol use. Our enhanced service provision offers callers up to 4 additional appointments, during which time Helpline alcohol advisors use evidenced based interventions to support callers to achieve their goals.
This service is available 7 days a week. The Helpline is open Monday to Friday 12pm – 8pm and 10am to 4pm at weekends. The freephone number to call is 0808 801 0750. To make an online booking for a phone call or video chat, over 50’s, concerned others, and professionals, can access appointments slots by visiting the With You website.
There is also an Over 50s alcohol health check on the With You website which GP’s may wish to encourage individuals to utilise as it offers a simple overview of risk and how alcohol impacts on health. This tool offers tailored advice for staying healthy as individuals get older.
County Durham Children’s centres
Breastfeeding Cafe
Thursday’s 1.30-2.30PM
Ferryhill Childrens Centre Dean Bank
A drop in session for antenatal and breastfeeding mums. A friendly and relaxing environment to meet other mums and access to support from specialist staff.
For more information please contact Ferryhill Children’s Centre on 03000 269 021
Or Facebook: codurhaminfantfeeding
Find Support for Veterans in Your Local Area via – www.veteransgateway.org.uk/
Connect veterans and their families with a range of local support organisations – both within and outside the Armed Forces sector. The services have been grouped into categories such as Education and Training, Employment, Finances etc.
Navigate through the categories to find the support you need, or use the search function by clicking on the magnifying glass icon in the map toolbar:
Did you know your GP surgery can refer you to one of the local community pharmacies? This could even be one closer to where you may work.
NHS Community pharmacies can help with a range of problems, such as water infections, earache, acute pain and much more. Please speak to our reception team for more information.
Our practice has been working with other local practices to develop a team by introducing a variety of new roles, tailored to the needs of our patients, for our locality. You can expect to be seen by a specialist practitioner, quickly and closer to home.
This surgery works alongside Social Prescribing link workers, care coordinators, mental health practitioners, trainee nurse associates, nurse associates, health, and wellbeing couches, first contact physiotherapists, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians.
Please speak to our reception team to find out more.